ISLAMABAD ( STAFF REPORT )
The first phase of Senate elections has been completed. A total of 170 candidates have submitted nomination papers to the Election Commission for the Senate elections. ۔ Even on the last day for submission of nomination papers, 14 candidates from Sindh submitted their nomination papers on Monday. Nine candidates from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) submitted their papers on Monday. Federal Minister Faisal Wawda, Saifullah Abro, Haneed Lakhani, Hassan Bakhshi, Fiza Zeeshan, Sreena Adnan, Iram Butt, Mahmood Maulvi and Ashraf Qureshi submitted the papers. So far 13 candidates from PPP have filed papers from Sindh. Ali Junejo from Mirpur Khas has filed papers for the general seat as an independent candidate. On the other hand, the lawyers have filed a petition in the Election Commission against PPP’s Senate candidate Palwasha Khan. In this petition, Kamran Baloch Advocate has taken a stand that Palwasha Khan’s vote was registered in Karachi after the release of the schedule. ۔ Palwasha Khan is not a resident of Sindh, papers should be rejected, according to the Election Commission for the Senate elections. For general seats, 87 candidates filed nomination papers for technocrats and clerics’ seats, 33 for women’s seats and 10 for non-Muslim seats. The ECP said 29 candidates from Punjab, 39 from Sindh and 51 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 41 nomination papers have been received from Balochistan and ten from the federal capital.